Wu Zetian (624 – 705 AD); also known as Wu Zhao; Wu Hou; and during the later Tang dynasty as Tian Hou. Empress Wu; was a Chinese sovereign who ruled unofficially as Empress and later; officially as Emperor of China during the brief Zhou dynasty (690-705); which interrupted the Tang dynasty (618–690 & 705–907). Wu was the only female emperor of China in more than four millennia.

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